Gyrowheel Support
08/11/2018
Numerunique has been using a gyrowheel as a company vehicle for nearly three years. It’s very convenient for travel, but back at headquarters, it doesn’t stand upright on its own when stopped.
The solution?
Creating a perfectly fitted support, here in its first "finished product" version:
The gyrowheel slides in almost by itself, without lifting, and exits the same way:
A first version of this support, less aesthetic, was made earlier while awaiting motivation to go from simple and useful to useful and pleasing.
The principle is the same between versions, but comparisons stop there.
The most striking difference is replacing plain glued-laminated pine with beautiful solid snakewood. The wheel-supporting crossbars’ profile was completely revised, not just for rounded edges.
Dimension adjustments and improved digital milling are more subtle.
Using aluminum-machined positioning and clamping wedges is invisible. Yet this technique is crucial for the perfect symmetry needed for function and optimizing raw wood use, cutter wear, and production times.
Like icebergs; you only see a glimpse.